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Brig Emerald
I, John G. Crawford, master of Brig Emerald do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collections District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of said Emerald at Sidney*, Nova Scotia from which Port said Ship has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country to which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant. So help me God. (signed) John G. Crawford. Sworn before me this April 7, 1842 (signed) C.H. Talman
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Emerald whereof John G. Crawford, is master, from Sidney*, Nova Scotia burthen 158 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.
1 Robert Sherrat 35 M Gentleman Great Britain United States
2 John Hodgkins 30 M Gentleman United States United States
3 Wm Allison 32 M Farmer United States United States
4 Mjs Donaldson 25 F Actress United States United States
(Signed) John G. Crawford
Transcriber's Note:
* This port is written as Sidney on the manifest, it is probably meant to
be Sydney.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 48
Transcribed by Barbara Grim for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 28 June 1999
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